Penny Fowler


Contact information
	penny.fowler@blueyonder.co.uk 84 Middleton Road, Hackney, London E8 4LN 020 7254 2707 The studio can be visited by appointment.

Penny Fowler
	Artist's Statement As a London based potter my work reflects 21st century living and the city in which I live and work. It is characterised by clean, precise lines and forms using a strong palette. My objective in working with clay is to create beautiful dynamic forms. I use porcelain and bone china clays. I make moulds in which I cast my forms which enables me to make very thin fine forms, often using layers or inlays of different coloured clays. The forms are hand carved and then finely sanded to achieve a natural smooth ÔpebbleÕ like quality. I often make forms that link together as pairs. My aim is to explore the subtlety of the hollow form in which the function is secondary to the form. My interest in bone china is to create carved forms with variable areas of translucency, exploring the possibilities of light and shade, sometimes incorporating opaque areas with additional colour. I do not see my work as primarily functional, rather than as pieces in their own right which enhance the interior in which they are placed and as pieces in which form and decoration become fused. Inspiration is always from life and drawn from a wide variety of sources including people, architectural features and objects in museums. My work arises from abstracting, developing and combining different aspects of the natural and the man-made world. Education BA Ceramics - Central School of Art, London Postgraduate Diploma in Ceramics - Goldsmiths College, London Professional Associations Professional member of the Craft Potters Association Founder Member of Broadway Ceramics Gallery, Hackney Society of Designer Craftsmen London Potters Publications Work has appeared in the following publications The Potters Manual, Kenneth Clark. Macdonald Orbis, 1991 Potters, CRP, 2000 Porcelain and Bone China, Sasha Wardell, The Crowood Press, 2005 The Ceramics Book, CRP, 2006 Colouring Clay, Jo Connell, A and C Black Publishing, 2007 The Ceramics Book, CRP, 2008

Events, Outlets and Exhibitions
	Future Events Oct/Nov 2009, The Gallery at Bevere, Worcestershire Nov/Dec 2009, Genesis 09, S.D.C. gallery, Rivington Street, London Nov/Jan 2009, Crafted 2009, The Gallery, Winchester Discovery Centre, Hampshire Open Studio, 28/29 November, 5/6 December 2009 Selected Exhibitions 1994 XIVe Biennale. Internationale De Ceramique D'Art, Vallauris 1998 Alpha House Gallery, Sherbourne, Dorset 1999 Geffrye Museum, London. 'Best of Hackney' 1998-2005 Broadway Ceramics, Hackney, London E8 2000 Woodlands Art Gallery Greenwich. Four Play - Four rooms - Four Artists 2001 Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, London. Showcase exhibition 2002 Beatrice Royal, Eastleigh, Hampshire. Wedding Showcase 2002 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London 2003 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London 2003 Oxford Studio Ceramics, St Edwards School, Oxford 2004 Morton Contemporary Art, Pimlico, London 2004 Artspace, Barn galleries, Aston, Henley on Thames 2004 Earth and Fire, Rufford Crafts Centre, Rufford, Notts 2004 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London 2004 Hidden Art Revealed, Geffrye Museum, London 2004-5 Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, Showcase exhibition 2005 Bluecoats Display Centre, Liverpool, Window exhibition 2005 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London 2005 Zetter Restaurant, London Design Show, Clerkenwell, London 2005-6 Anvari Art, Putney 2006 Cabot Square Showcase, Canary Wharf, London 2006 Earth and Fire - Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire 2006 Window Exhibition, Eton Applied Arts, Eton, Berkshire 2006 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London 2006 London Potters, Morley Gallery, London 2006 Contemporary Ceramics, London- 'Gifted' 2007 'Objects of Desire', Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Birmingham 2007 Anvari Arts at Air Gallery, Dover Street, WC1 2007 'CPA at 50', The Gallery at Bevere, Worcester 2007 'Porcelain,' St Josephs Galerie, Leewwarden, The Netherlands 2007 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London 2008 The Contemporary Crafts Fair at Bovey Tracey, Devon 2008 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London 2008/9 Leeds City Art Gallery, In the Spotlight 2008 Christmas Show, Contemporary Ceramics, London 2009 Ferrers Gallery, Showcase Exhibition, Ashby de la Zouch 2009 Artspace, Henley on Thames 2009 Art in Action, Ceramics Demonstrator, Waterperry House, Oxfordshire 2009 Ceramics in the City, Geffrye Museum, London Outlets Contemporary Ceramics, London Leigh Gallery, Hastings Bluecoats Display Centre, Liverpool Gallery on the Square, St Ives, Cornwall St Joseph Galerie, Leewarden, The Ntherlands Own studio by appointment Links Hidden Art broadwayceramics.com londonpotters.com anvariart.com www.bouf.com